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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2006
Kasi S. Bhaskar, Seattle, WA (US);
James K. Peckol, Edmonds, WA (US);
Kasi S. Bhaskar, Seattle, WA (US);
James K. Peckol, Edmonds, WA (US);
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for programming a computer provides a set of software-based virtual machines each for instructing a computer to carry out a selected operation. Each virtual machine is represented by a virtual front panel displayed on a screen and each virtual front panel graphically displays operator controllable values of input and output parameters utilized by the virtual machine it represents. The system is adapted to synthesize a new virtual machine for instructing the computer to perform a sequence of operations wherein each operation is carried out by the computer according to the instructions of an operator selected one of the existing virtual machines. The system also creates a new virtual front panel for displaying input and output parameters associated with the new virtual machine. The system permits the operator to program the computer by directing synthesis of a hierarchy of virtual machines.